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June 2005
Steinford Burg
Bruce N. H. 29 VI 05

Andreas Boeker considers himself a town builder, but the modern German landscape is still dotted with castles or other centuries-old buildings, so he finds himself building a lot of castle-themed creations. Such is the case with Steinford Burg which sits above the town of Steinford. Andreas draws his inspiration from real building, and in this case Steinford Burg is based upon the Castle of Beihingen. Other notable castle-themed creations include his Rathaus and his harbor crane. All of these were featured in his Steinford layout at the recent 1000SteineLand event held in Berlin.

Andreas lives in the town of Herford in Germany. Believe it or not, he has only been building with LEGO for 2.5 years! He is a member of 1000Steine.de and Lugnet. All of his MOCs can be seen in his 1000Steine.de MyImages gallery.


2005 Knight's Kingdom Sets on Shop at Home
Ben E. 28 VI 05

Today LEGO put up the next installment of Knight's Kingdom II sets on Shop at Home. This assortment includeds all new large action figure knights, Fireball Catapult, Scorpion Prison Cave, Vladek's Dark Fortress, Battle Wagon, and King's Siege Tower.

Discuss the new sets here.


Weekly Set Review: Battle Dragon
Ben E. 25 VI 05

Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!

This week’s set is 6018 Battle Dragon.

Battle Dragon, released in 1990, is a small boat with a dragon bow for the Black Monarchs. It has a rower, a crossbowman, and accessories.

This ship is the focus of controversy and speculation because the crossbowman has a yellow black falcon shield while the set name, color scheme, and figures are related to the Black Monarchs. The relationship between the Black Monarch and Black Falcon factions still is not clear.


Cliffton Castle
Bruce N. H. 22 VI 05

Nathan Todd, Norro in our forums, has always enjoyed building castle LEGO, but his interest was really sparked when he lived in Britain and he became acquainted with real castles such as Bodiam. He has created a great array of castle-themed MOCs and was a strong player in our Colossal Castle Contest II, winning the classic shops category with his Tournament Supply Co. and receiving two other honorable mentions. His first full castle is Cliffton Castle. This creation drew inspiration from Dunluce Castle in Ireland, though he changed the design around as he was building it.

In addition to our forums, Nathan is also a member of Lugnet and Eurobricks (where he also goes by the username Norro). All of his MOCs can be seen in his Brickshelf gallery.


Weekly Set Review: Wizard's Cart
Ben E. 18 VI 05

Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!

This week’s set is 1736/1746/2891 Wizard's Cart.

Wizard's Cart was released in 1995 for the Dragon Master's. Majisto pulls this cart which carries a treasure chest. The American version of this set, 1746, was a polybag while the European version, 1736, was boxed. In 1998 the set was rereleased in Japan through Kabaya and numbered 2891.


Greensbury Castle
Bruce N. H. 16 VI 05

Jacob Cournoyer, Jacob C. in our forums, built with LEGO from when he was three years old until he fell into a dark age in high school. Last year, though, a combination of Dr. Carney's website and the movie "Master and Commander" inspired him to get back into building. His first MOC as an AFOL was a Dutch frigate. Since then, he's started building more in the castle theme, turning out great castles like Fryingham Castle and Elkshire and smaller town creations like Samuel's Steed Surplus. In this creation, the initial circular keep was inspired by the Joan of Arc Tower in Rouen. Subsequent expansion led to Greensbury Castle.


Tannery
Ben E. 13 VI 05

Take a look at James Stacey's latest historic castle creation! The tannery was used to turn animal hides into leather for a variety of items used in medieval life, such as armor. His tannery is based off of several real tanneries. Leave your comments about this great building here.


Weekly Set Review: Knights' Kingdom Chess Set
Ben E. 11 VI 05

Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!

This week’s set is G678 Knights' Kingdom Chess Set.

Chess Set was released in 2005 for Knights Kingdom II. It comes with a chess board, 2 kings, 2 queens, 4 bishops, 4 knights, 4 rooks, and 16 pawns. The Black forces of Vladek face off against the blue forces of King Mathias. Chess Set comes in a unique carrying case and has more minifigures than any other castle set.

This weeks first review has been given by CC member Jojo who just recieved the set. Check out the new photos and leave your comments!


C-C.com CheckMate Chess Contest!
Anthony 10 VI 05

In honor of the new LEGO Chess set, we are pleased to announce the Classic-Castle.com CheckMate Chess Contest!

Click on the link above and learn how you can enter and win one of the fabulous prizes!
Castle LEGO Chess
by James Stacey and Ben E. 9 VI 05

It's a good day mate when LEGO makes their first minifigure Chess set. G678, Knights' Kingdom Chess Set, is available in Europe for 45 Eu and 60 GBP. Jake McKee believes that the set will be available to USA SAH. Jake confirmed that the figures are NOT glued together. Catch your breath, re-read the last sentence.

Check out the LEGO page for pictures of all 24 minifigures including good and evil queens, light blue pawns with blue helmets and crossbows, shadow knights, Jayko's, and Vladeks. The knights, rooks, and the chessboard are made of bricks. As a side note, this set will exceed 375 Yellow Castle as the Castle set with the most minifigures. Discuss the article here.
Sticker Removal and Replacement
by Ben E. 6 VI 05

This article will outline the basic steps for removing old stickers from Castle sets. Our test case will be the flags from 383 Knight's Tournament. Check out all of the steps!
Weekly Set Review: Night Lord's Castle
Ben E. 4 VI 05

Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!

This week’s set is 6097 Night Lord's Castle.

Night Lord's Castle was released in 1997 for the Fright Knights. This castle has a main gate with a portcullis, several side entrances, a trap door, and a cauldron to drop rocks on invaders. The tower has a jail and magic telescope/laser for Willa the witch. Two Fright Knights, a soldier, an archer, a skeleton, a dragon, a Royal Knight prisoner, and various accessories are included.


BrickFest - Go there this year!
Ben E. 2 VI 05

Christina Hitchcock announced some very special guests who will be attending Brickfest 2005. Click that link! Get time off from work, pack you bags, build a great castle moc and hit the road.

Discuss the BrickFest developments and castle room events in this thread.



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